Rocca Imperiale

Frederick II's 13th-century castle still crowns this hill town, the northernmost in Calabria, which looks over the arc of the Gulf of Taranto about 4 km from the Ionian Sea. Rocca Imperiale is best known for its lemons, which carry an IGP label, and in late August for Il Federiciano, a poetry festival that draws poets from all over Italy and abroad.

Highlights

• The Castello Svevo, the 13th-century castle that dominates the town
• Rocca Imperiale lemons, an IGP product since 2011
• Il Federiciano poetry festival in the last week of August
• The wax museum inside the former monastery
• Santa Maria in Cielo Assunta, the 13th-century mother church

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